Section 4Jurisdiction and mode of trial

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4. Jurisdiction and mode of trial (1) No Magistrate other than a Magistrate of the first class shall try an offence under this Ordinance. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, an offence under this Ordinance shall be cognizable. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, a Magistrate trying an offence under this Ordinance, shall have power to try such offence summarily and in trying such offences such Magistrates shall follow the procedure laid down in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898.